Enhanced humanity

The Enhanced Humanity movement is a society built around the genetic engineering of Humans. They are bred in gestation chambers and cultivated to fit specific requirements. People bred for menial labour, such as Pepper, are genetically tweaked to be infertile and have an improved immune system. They are also completely bald, which supposedly makes them easier to spot. Blue, Pepper's partner, was intended to be a politician, and was bred to be handsome and charismatic.

The Galactic Commons and the Diaspora have cut all ties with the movement. The Enhanced arrest and probably execute travellers entering their space.

An Enhancement colony on a planet named Aganon is the setting for parts of A Closed and Common Orbit. Pepper and Blue are from this colony.